WAC 296-863-100   Scope.  This chapter applies to powered industrial trucks that use electric motors or internal combustion engines. This includes, but is not limited to:

     • Fork trucks.

     • Forklifts.

     • Tractors.

     • Platform lift trucks.

     • Motorized hand trucks.

     • Other specialized industrial trucks.

     Definition:

     A powered industrial truck (PIT) is a mobile, power-driven vehicle used to carry, push, pull, lift, stack, or tier material.

Exemption:	This chapter does not apply to:
	• Compressed air-powered industrial trucks.
	• Nonflammable compressed gas-operated industrial trucks.
	• Vehicles covered by chapter 296-307 WAC, Safety standards for agriculture.
	• Vehicles intended primarily for earth moving or over-the-road hauling.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060. 07-03-163, recodified as § 296-863-100, filed 1/24/07, effective 4/1/07; 04-19-051, § 296-863-10005, filed 9/14/04, effective 2/1/05.]